Moaners

[philipchevron]

I don't know if you get this anywhere else, but we have Mischief Night, which falls the day before Halloween.

They have it in some of the villages hereabouts. It centres on Halloween and seems to go on for about a week. Eggs and flour are just the start. Bloomin' kids. 'Tis anarchy, but not in an entirely good way. You wouldn't want to be innocently out and about after dark in some of those fen villages at this time of year.

Mind you, you probably wouldn't want to be out and about after dark in the fen villages at any time of year. You never know what kind of grisly creatures could come crawling through the miry blackness out of those ditches, stealthily tracking your every footstep, with only the occasional squelching sound somewhere behind you just daring you to cast a peek over your shoulder...

Wait a minute, I always thought Hallowe'en was "mischief night".

Bloody kids today, too much of a good thing.......my day.....witch costumes made of crepe paper......an orange, a gobstopper and a stone.............grumble, grumble.

[NewJerseyRich]

. Let's hope for another calm one this time around.

Get a sense of humour, grandad.

If you cant cause a ruckus on hallowe'en, when can you ??

"Grandad" damn I love that one.....Sorry son I'm ONLY 46 (is that old?) {doing my best Abe Simpson impression} Back in my day, I did take part in doing some mischief myself. Can't say I ever did anything as "manly" as egging a woman. That's just boys being thugs. I've learned being on the other end of the pranks is a pain in the ass. THAT'S why I hope it doesn't happen to me. When it does happen to me, I don't go all crazy about it. I agree, you want to have some fun go ahead.
I've had cars and doors egged, door handles greased, soaped car windows, and the always popular ringing the door bell and running away, over the years. Fires and property damage...ehh not really my thing. I will say watching a guy stomp out a fiery bag of gloppy doggie poo on his concrete porch is still pretty funny.

[CdnSteve]

Wait a minute, I always thought Hallowe'en was "mischief night".

Bloody kids today, too much of a good thing.......my day.....witch costumes made of crepe paper......an orange, a gobstopper and a stone.............grumble, grumble.

an Orange!? - we used to dream of gettin' an orange...

[Irishbookish]

The kids in our village are pretty sedate on Halloween. They ring doorbells between about 6-8pm then everyone's (kids included) down at the pub. No flour and eggs etc so far.
Jane, I too loathe the, People Watching Over Your Shoulder business. I have two people at work who occasionally do that. I feel like putting up a BIG sign on top of my PC saying, 'Last person who looked over my shoulder got Entamoeba Histolytica,' Or maybe 'I have headlice...' Sometimes I switch the screen off, swivel the chair around abruptly, stare rudely for a few uncomfortable seconds and say, Can I help you to bugger off? I love it when they say, "Oh but I wasn't looking at your screen..." No?? Then what the heck were you staring at?? Microbes? My dandruff?
Do people have to go to a special school to learn rudeness or is it just especially innate?

[Heather]

Talking of people who look over your shoulder while you're working, my boss does it. Then he asks me what I'm doing. He can quite clearly see I'm working, but I actually feel like saying to him 'Actually, I was chatting to my friends on facebook' or 'I'm playing Solitaire', or 'looking at internet porn actually, sir' (as if I'd look at internet porn, but hey you know what I mean). It is quite iritating, it's the way he says it more than anything.

[bowelling]

. Let's hope for another calm one this time around.

Get a sense of humour, grandad.

If you cant cause a ruckus on hallowe'en, when can you ??

"Grandad" damn I love that one.....Sorry son I'm ONLY 46 (is that old?) {doing my best Abe Simpson impression} Back in my day, I did take part in doing some mischief myself. Can't say I ever did anything as "manly" as egging a woman. That's just boys being thugs. I've learned being on the other end of the pranks is a pain in the ass. THAT'S why I hope it doesn't happen to me. When it does happen to me, I don't go all crazy about it. I agree, you want to have some fun go ahead.
I've had cars and doors egged, door handles greased, soaped car windows, and the always popular ringing the door bell and running away, over the years. Fires and property damage...ehh not really my thing. I will say watching a guy stomp out a fiery bag of gloppy doggie poo on his concrete porch is still pretty funny.

Ahhh, I was merely jesting Newjie, to be honest I dont even celebrate that awful pagan holiday

[mctoon]

Will probably bore folks but i just wanted to rant about a fat cockney wanker killing my football club. Today he decieds not to sell, apoint an inept manager, and to rub salt into the wounds, the famous St James Park "name" is up for bids,,,,

Roll on Dec 9th, that will cheer me up

[NewJerseyRich]

. Let's hope for another calm one this time around.

Get a sense of humour, grandad.

If you cant cause a ruckus on hallowe'en, when can you ??

"Grandad" damn I love that one.....Sorry son I'm ONLY 46 (is that old?) {doing my best Abe Simpson impression} Back in my day, I did take part in doing some mischief myself. Can't say I ever did anything as "manly" as egging a woman. That's just boys being thugs. I've learned being on the other end of the pranks is a pain in the ass. THAT'S why I hope it doesn't happen to me. When it does happen to me, I don't go all crazy about it. I agree, you want to have some fun go ahead.
I've had cars and doors egged, door handles greased, soaped car windows, and the always popular ringing the door bell and running away, over the years. Fires and property damage...ehh not really my thing. I will say watching a guy stomp out a fiery bag of gloppy doggie poo on his concrete porch is still pretty funny.

Ahhh, I was merely jesting Newjie, to be honest I dont even celebrate that awful pagan holiday

No problem bowelling, no offense taken....I had a good chuckle. I guess we acknowledge it, have fun with it, but I don't know if we celebrate it. It's just all in good fun.

[Smokey]

I don't like my history teacher's way of teaching. She's a great person, very understanding and easy to talk to, and I'm sure that in the teacher spectrum she's one of the better ones, but I don't think she's giving us enough sources and variety on subject matter. History textbooks are among the worst when it comes to bias, therefore it's crucial to not read from only a handful of authors and historians. Her method consists of taking notes from the book which we are then quizzed on. This is followed by PowerPoint notes, then maybe an article to analyze. She has a good start but I think she should spend less time on PowerPoint notes and more time reading and discussing firsthand documents and such. This really concerns me because this is an AP class which means there will be a standardized test in May. If I do well, I get college credit. If I tank, I wasted $110 and an entire school year and will eventually have to take the same class AGAIN.

My history teacher's methods last year were way better in comparison; we had a number of resources, including TWO textbooks, a variety of articles, excerpts from books and firsthand documents, PowerPoint notes, videos (Eugen Weber and Sister Wendy) and three field trips. She's the head of the social studies department, so there's no surprise she's a great teacher. I also had her two years in a row, so there's a good chance I've become a history teacher snob or something like it.

Bloody kids today, too much of a good thing.......my day.....witch costumes made of crepe paper......an orange, a gobstopper and a stone.............grumble, grumble.

What do you mean "too much of a good thing"? Last year I had only fifteen pounds in my pillowcase and that just held me over till August. And there's rat poison and razorblades in Halloween oranges now, didn'tja hear?

[AlistairMitchell92]

My football team got beat 3-0 last night and played terrible....IM NOT AMUSED

[Jon]

And there's rat poison and razorblades in Halloween oranges now, didn'tja hear?

Thanks for the recipe, I'll knock up a batch tonight while I'm wiring up the front gate

[Jane]

Wait a minute, I always thought Hallowe'en was "mischief night".

Bloody kids today, too much of a good thing.......my day.....witch costumes made of crepe paper......an orange, a gobstopper and a stone.............grumble, grumble.

an Orange!? - we used to dream of gettin' an orange...

"I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah."

[Smokey]

And there's rat poison and razorblades in Halloween oranges now, didn'tja hear?

Thanks for the recipe, I'll knock up a batch tonight while I'm wiring up the front gate

Nah, kids these days wouldn't take fruit if you paid them. Put it in something so sugarcoated they have no other choice but to eat it even after they find out what's inside.

[NewJerseyRich]

And there's rat poison and razorblades in Halloween oranges now, didn'tja hear?

Thanks for the recipe, I'll knock up a batch tonight while I'm wiring up the front gate

Nah, kids these days wouldn't take fruit if you paid them. Put it in something so sugarcoated they have no other choice but to eat it even after they find out what's inside.

Fruit and pennies in the US are sure to get you egged!

[Smokey]

And there's rat poison and razorblades in Halloween oranges now, didn'tja hear?

Thanks for the recipe, I'll knock up a batch tonight while I'm wiring up the front gate

Nah, kids these days wouldn't take fruit if you paid them. Put it in something so sugarcoated they have no other choice but to eat it even after they find out what's inside.

Fruit and pennies in the US are sure to get you egged!

Don't forget soy bars.